1990's Timeline
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1990
The Gulf war begins after Saddam Hussein accuses Kuwait of stealing oil from Iraq. Iraq invades Kuwait and the US send half a million soldiers to defend Saudi Arabia against invasion.
South African antiapartheid activist, Nelson Mandela is freed after spending 27 years as a political prisoner.
1991
The Soviet Union is dissolved and the 15 separate republics (including Russia) are now independent. Maps will never look the same.
Magic Johnson tests HIV positive and retires from the NBA.
1992
Riots erupt in South Central LA following the acquittal of four white police officers who were caught on video beating speeding suspect Rodney King. During the riots, 55 people were killed, 2,300 people were injured and 1,100 buildings were destroyed.
1993
After seven years together, New Kids On The Block go their separate ways, proving that perhaps they did not have The Right Stuff after all.
Michael Jordan retires from the NBA to play minor league baseball. Then he returns to the NBA 17 months later.
1994
In the first South African election in which black people are allowed to vote, Nelson Mandela is elected president. He is the first black South African president.
American figure skater, Nancy Kerrigan, is clubbed in the knee one month before the Winter Olympics. It was later discovered that the attack was organized by associates of rival skater, Tonya Harding. Despite her injury, Kerrigan still went on to win the silver metal at the Olympics in Lillehammer, Norway.
1995
The trail of former NFL star OJ Simpson begins. He is accused of murdering his ex-wife and her friend Ron Goldman. OJ is later found not guilty.
A federal building in Oklahoma City is bombed and 168 people are killed. Later, two anti-government, American terrorists - Timothy McVeigh and Terry Nichols - were convicted of the bombing. TimothyMcVeigh has since been executed. Terry Nichols is now facing more charges in Oklahoma and could be sentenced to death as well.
1996
A bomb explodes at the Olympic Park in Atlanta, Georgia. One person is killed, but no one is ever charged in the crime.
Also in the US, "The Unabomber" Theodore Kaczynski is arrested. Kaczynski killed three people and injured many more with mail bombs.
1997
Dolly the cloned sheep is born at the Roslin Institute in Scotland. She is the first mammal cloned from an adult cell.
The movie Titanic, featuring Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, is released. It goes on to become the highest grossing movie of all time.
1998
Geri Halliwell (AKA Ginger Spice) leaves the Spice Girls to become Solo Spice.
The Price it Right airs its 5,000th episode.
1999
Two students go on a shooting spree at Columbine High School in Colorado. They kill 13 people and then themselves.
